PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND ITS ETIOLOGIC AGENT PARACOCCIDIOIDES-BRASILIENSIS

Authors
SANBLAS G
Citation
G. Sanblas, PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND ITS ETIOLOGIC AGENT PARACOCCIDIOIDES-BRASILIENSIS, Journal of medical and veterinary mycology, 31(2), 1993, pp. 99-113
Citations number
112
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Journal of medical and veterinary mycology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681218
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
99 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1218(1993)31:2<99:PAIEAP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the causative agent of paracoccidioid omycosis, a systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America. In this paper w e review clinical, therapeutic and immunological aspects of the diseas e, as well as the biology and ecology of the fungus, restricting the r eview to the period 1989-1992.